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Nuala is an Irish female given name, derived from Irish mythology - being either a diminutive form of Finnguala, the daughter of Lir, or an alternate name for Úna, wife of Finnbheara, king of the fairies.

Modern people of this name include:

People

• Nuala Ahern, Irish politician
• Nuala Carey, Irish weather presenter
• Nuala Fennell (1935-2009), Irish economist and politician
• Nuala Hafner, Australian media personality
• Nuala Holloway, Irish artist and academic
• Nuala Kelly, contributor to Nighthawks (TV series)
• Nuala McKeever, Northern Ireland comic actress
• Nuala Murray, Irish writer and Assistant Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University
• Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Irish writer and poet
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Irish poet
• Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and author
• Nuala O'Loan DBE, Northern Ireland public figure
• Nuala Wolfe, Irish writer
• Nuala Kennedy, Irish flautist

Fictional characters

• Nuala Anne McGrail, fictional character created by Andrew M. Greeley
  • Nuala Anne McGrail series, featuring the above
• Nuala (comics), character in the comic book series The Sandman
• Princess Nuala, character in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, played by Anna Walton
• Nuala Magee, character in the James Moloney novel Touch Me
• Nuala Windsor, character in Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut.

Other

Unconnected with the Irish name:

• Nayato Fio Nuala, Indonesian film director of the 2006 thriller Ekskul

See also

• Fenella (also derived from Finnguala)

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